PhD Student

Shweta Gaonkar E-mail: gaonkar@rhsmith.umd.edu Curriculum Vitae

Major: Strategic Management

Minor: Economics

Education:
University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D., Strategy, Expected May 2014

Research Interests:
• Employee Entrepreneurship
• Inter firm ties
• Impact of immigration status on strategic human capital

Working collaboration with Smith Faculty and students:
• Shweta is currently working with a number of faculty members, including Rajshree Agarwal and Waverly Ding
• Shweta is also collaborates with fellow Smith student, including working projects with Robert Vesco.

Working Papers and Work Under Review:
• Shedding Leg Irons: The Impact of Mobility Constraints on High Skilled Immigrant Wages over The Career Life Cycle. Rajshree Agarwal(University of Maryland) and Martin Ganco (University of Minnesota), Shweta Gaonkar (University of Maryland)

• Small Firms as Sources of Entrepreneurship: The Moderating Effect of Immigration Status. Shweta Gaonkar (University of Maryland) and Martin Ganco (University of Minnesota)

• The Strategic Network of Entrepreneurial Firms: Impact of Pre Founding Ties. Shweta Gaonkar (University of Maryland)

• Spill in: Does parent have formal relationship with employee’s entrepreneurial venture with anticipation of spill in on success?. Shweta Gaonkar (University of Maryland)

• Timing of Formal relationship Between Parent and Spinout. Shweta Gaonkar (University of Maryland)

Awards:
• 2013 Kauffman Dissertation Award

• Dingman Entrepreneurship Award for Research in Progress, Third Place, Spring 2011

• Excellence award for coding at Infosys Technologies limited, Feb 2007

• Excellence award for successfully delivering the project at Infosys Technologies limited, June 2007

• Team excellence award at Infosys Technologies limited, Sep 2007